What is the obligation of a Muslim if he sees or hears of a wrong, such as the Mawlid, for example?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and increase you in knowledge. The question consists of two parts, if possible...
The Shaykh : And the truth is that they are two questions!
The questioner : In reality, yes.
The Shaykh : But...
The questioner : You gave us permission yesterday.
The Shaykh : In any case, bring what you have and we will see. Bring the first one!
The questioner : O honorable Shaykh, one of the preachers on Friday last week clarified to the people after the sermon that they should prepare to celebrate this religious innovation in one of the neighboring states in our country. What is our position, since we are strangers to that region?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : This, this is part
The Shaykh : If you can stand for Allah by clarifying that this is not right, and praise be to Allah, the evidence that celebrating the Mawlid is a religious innovation is very easy, because you can easily say, my brother, did the Messenger do it? Did the Caliphs do it? Did the Companions do it? Did the Tabi'un do it? Did the four Imams do it? It is easy. If he says yes, we say, bring the evidenceSunan al-Bayhaqi 18:642 bring the evidence? If you have no evidence but everyone does it, the practice of people is not evidence. And how many innovations have people grown up with, and they are innovations, if there is no evidence, neither did the Messenger do it, nor the Caliphs, nor the Companions, nor the Tabi'un, nor the Imams, then it is invalid, definitely invalid. What made them not do it and not guide people to it? Are they ignorant or arrogant? This is very easy, and if you say this, you have invalidated it from its root. Yes.
The questioner : The other part with us...
The Shaykh : Shall we give him this part? Fine.
The Shaykh : And the truth is that they are two questions!
The questioner : In reality, yes.
The Shaykh : But...
The questioner : You gave us permission yesterday.
The Shaykh : In any case, bring what you have and we will see. Bring the first one!
The questioner : O honorable Shaykh, one of the preachers on Friday last week clarified to the people after the sermon that they should prepare to celebrate this religious innovation in one of the neighboring states in our country. What is our position, since we are strangers to that region?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : This, this is part
The Shaykh : If you can stand for Allah by clarifying that this is not right, and praise be to Allah, the evidence that celebrating the Mawlid is a religious innovation is very easy, because you can easily say, my brother, did the Messenger do it? Did the Caliphs do it? Did the Companions do it? Did the Tabi'un do it? Did the four Imams do it? It is easy. If he says yes, we say, bring the evidence
If people were given their claims, men would claim the blood and wealth of others.
لو يعطى النّاس بدعواهم لادّعى رجال دماء قوم وأموالهمThe questioner : The other part with us...
The Shaykh : Shall we give him this part? Fine.